Archive for September, 2016

The Moment…

Friday, September 2nd, 2016

From Friday Mom – Erin:
It happened this week.  

The moment you look at your toddler and they are no longer baby-faced and, instead, have morphed into this little “big” kid.  As if through a stitch in time, you see a glimpse of their much older selves.

Charlotte has always acted beyond her years. Whether in running, feeding, talking, telling us what she wants, etc.  Now she is stringing together whole sentences, proclaiming “No” with all the sound and fury of a 2-2.5 year old, and keeping us on our toes.  So, yesterday, when she adorned her new sneakers and insisted upon putting on her jean-jacket despite the 70-degree temperature, and flashed me her devilish grin, I saw a little elementary schooler look back at me.   I paused.  Briefly.  Then went back to chasing her down to keep her from tearing those new shoes off for the third time so that we could get out the door and head to daycare.

The oldest and most annoying cliche I heard when pregnant with BOTH children and that I continue to hear from friends and colleagues with children of varying ages is a variant on “Don’t Blink.”  I still find it over-used and annoying, as if to minimize the 1,000 mph days involved in full-time jobs and parenting two small kiddos.  Those days feel so slow and yet too fast all at once.

But.  It’s true.